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Shorea
Shorea is a genus of about 47 species of large rainforest trees in the Dipterocarp family, native to Southeast Asia. Its members are grown mainly for timber and forest cover, and are rarely grown as garden or houseplants.
Shorea is a genus of about 47 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The timber of trees of the genus is sold under the common names lauan, luan, lawaan, meranti, seraya, balau, bangkirai, and Philippine mahogany.
Shorea spp. are native to Southeast Asia, from northern India to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In west Malesia and the Philippines, this genus dominates the skyline of the tropical forests.
Many economically important timber trees belong to Shorea. They are sold under various trade names including lauan, lawaan, meranti, seraya, balau, bangkirai, and Philippine mahogany. The Philippine mahogany sold in North America is not a true mahogany at all, but a mixture of woods from the genus Shorea.
Shorea astylosa · Richetia gibbosa · Rubroshorea leprosula · Rubroshorea macrophylla · Shorea obtusa · Rubroshorea pauciflora · Sal tree · Shorea sumatrana · Shorea tumbuggaia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Shorea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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